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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 122 

Recognizing the historic efforts of the Republic of Kazakhstan to reduce 

the threat of weapons of mass destruction through cooperation in the 

Nunn-Lugar/Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, and celebrating the 

10th anniversary of the removal of all nuclear weapons from the territory 

of Kazakhstan. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 25, 2005 

Mr. LUGAR submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

MAY 25, 2005 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the historic efforts of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan to reduce the threat of weapons of mass 

destruction through cooperation in the Nunn-Lugar/Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, and celebrating the 

10th anniversary of the removal of all nuclear weapons 

from the territory of Kazakhstan. 

Whereas at the time of the collapse of the Union of Soviet 

Socialist Republics in December 1991, 1,410 nuclear 

warheads on heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles, airlaunched cruise missiles, and heavy bombers were located 

within the Republic of Kazakhstan; 
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Whereas, on July 2, 1992, the parliament of Kazakhstan approved and made Kazakhstan a party to the Treaty on 

the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive 

Arms, with annexes, protocols and memorandum of understanding, signed at Moscow July 31, 1991, and entered into force December 5, 1994 (commonly known as 

the ‘‘START Treaty’’); 

Whereas, on February 14, 1995, Kazakhstan formally acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 

Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 

1, 1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’’); 

Whereas, on December 13, 1993, the Government of 

Kazakhstan signed the Safe and Secure Dismantlement 

Act (SSD) and its 5 implementing agreements with the 

United States, and became eligible to receive 

$85,000,000 in assistance under the Nunn-Lugar/Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; 

Whereas the decision of the people and the Government of 

Kazakhstan to transfer all nuclear weapons from the territory of Kazakhstan to the control of the Russian Federation allowed Kazakhstan to become a non-nuclearweapon State Party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 

Treaty; 

Whereas the continuing efforts of the Government of 

Kazakhstan to pursue cooperative efforts with the United 

States and other countries to secure, eliminate, destroy, 

or interdict weapons and materials of mass destruction 

and their means of delivery provides a model for such efforts; and 
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Whereas, in April 1995, the Government of Kazakhstan formally transferred the last nuclear warhead from the territory of Kazakhstan to the territory of the Russian Federation: Now, therefore be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate commends, on the occasion 

2 of the 10th anniversary of the removal of the last nuclear 

3 warhead from the territory of Kazakhstan, the people and 

4 the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for their 

5 historic decision to rid Kazakhstan of nuclear weapons. 

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